Dynamic quantum decoherence in Stern-Gerlach experiment

Authors
Citation
Gp. Sun et H. Zhan, Dynamic quantum decoherence in Stern-Gerlach experiment, PROG NAT SC, 9(8), 1999, pp. 594-601
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE
ISSN journal
10020071 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
594 - 601
Database
ISI
SICI code
1002-0071(199908)9:8<594:DQDISE>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The Stem-Gerlach (SG) experiments considered as a quantum measurement proce ss measuring the spin states of particles from their spatial distribution. The wave packet collapse or quantum decoherence can he described as a dynam ical evolution governed by the interaction between the space degrees of fre edom and the spin degrees of freedom. The analytic solution of this exactly solvable model shows that the decaying process of coherence with time in t he SG experiment obeys no longer the linear exponential law.